Osborne wins ‘brake’ on EU laws

GEORGE OSBORNE has secured a deal to give Britain a “permanent handbrake” to
block legislation from Brussels in what senior Tories say is the most
significant breakthrough in the European Union renegotiation.

The arrangement will protect the UK from laws affecting the single market and
allow countries outside the eurozone to “pull up the drawbridge” if
threatened.

A government source said: “People talk about an emergency brake on immigration
but this is a permanent brake.

“This isn’t one part of the renegotiation, it is the main part of the
renegotiation. George can’t say this publicly but he thinks this is the
only bit that matters.”

The plan will form the centre­piece of an economic offensive to win over
voters after the summit next month at which David Cameron hopes to unveil
his deal.

Big companies, including the banking giant Morgan Stanley, will go public in
their support of the prime